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245 10 a| Postcolonial literary geographiesh| [electronic resource] :b| out of place /c| John Thieme.;

260 a| [London] :b| Palgrave Macmillan,c| [2016];

300 a| ix, 237 pages ;c| 22 cm;

500 a| "This book examines how ideas about place and space have been transformed in recent decades. It offers a unique understanding of the ways in which postcolonial writers have contested views of place as fixed and unchanging and are remapping conceptions of world geography ... Writers whose work received detailed attention include Amitav Ghosh, Derek Walcott, Jamaica Kincaid, Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje and Robert Kroetsch."--Back cover.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : Exploring space, excavating place -- Postcolonial Mappae Mundi -- After the Bounty : botany and botanical tropes -- 'Lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon' : romantic spice, postcolonial spice -- Borrowing the Earth : postcolonial ecologies -- Paper tigers and other therianthropes -- Urban chronotopes : London and Bombay -- Travelling places : a coda.;

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520 a| This book examines how ideas about place and space have been transformed in recent decades. It offers a unique understanding of the ways in which postcolonial writers have contested views of place as fixed and unchanging and are remapping conceptions of world geography, with chapters on cartography, botany and gardens, spice, ecologies, animals and zoos, and cities, as well as reference to the importance of archaeology and travel in such debates.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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650 0 a| Literature, Moderny| 20th century.=| ^A23777;

650 0 a| Literature, Moderny| 21st century.=| ^A879469;

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Postcolonial literary geographies out of place / John Thieme.

Author/creator	Thieme, John
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	[London] : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Description	ix, 237 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism. Geocriticism. Space and time in literature. Literature, Modern--20th century. Literature, Modern--21st century.

Contents	Introduction : Exploring space, excavating place -- Postcolonial Mappae Mundi -- After the Bounty : botany and botanical tropes -- 'Lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon' : romantic spice, postcolonial spice -- Borrowing the Earth : postcolonial ecologies -- Paper tigers and other therianthropes -- Urban chronotopes : London and Bombay -- Travelling places : a coda.
Abstract	This book examines how ideas about place and space have been transformed in recent decades. It offers a unique understanding of the ways in which postcolonial writers have contested views of place as fixed and unchanging and are remapping conceptions of world geography, with chapters on cartography, botany and gardens, spice, ecologies, animals and zoos, and cities, as well as reference to the importance of archaeology and travel in such debates.
General note	"This book examines how ideas about place and space have been transformed in recent decades. It offers a unique understanding of the ways in which postcolonial writers have contested views of place as fixed and unchanging and are remapping conceptions of world geography ... Writers whose work received detailed attention include Amitav Ghosh, Derek Walcott, Jamaica Kincaid, Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje and Robert Kroetsch."--Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2016936396
ISBN	1137456868
ISBN	9781137456861 (paperback : acid-free paper)

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